Knives and Scabbards
by Jane Cowgill
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Knives were vital to medieval man for a whole range of uses, from the domestic to the wider social context: Anglo-Saxon pre-Christian burials bear silent witness to this dependence in the many cases where knives are found among the grave goods. Forged and hafted with great skill, sometimes with elaborately decorated scabbards, knives are of intrinsic fascination, besides being indicators of popular artistic tastes.Tags
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- Canonical title
- Knives and Scabbards
- Original publication date
- 1987
- Important places
- London, England, UK
- Dedication
- This work is dedicated to the memory of
Caroline Rochester, 1957-1984,
who worked as an illustrator in the DUA during 1982-3
and drew several of the scabbards included here. - First words
- This volume marks the first stage of an important series of publications describing and interpreting the finds from excavations in medieval London.
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